One person who attempted to examine religion from an objective, scientific perspective was Karl Marx. ... Do certain sociological or economic arrangements always coexist with particular forms of religiousness (or lack thereof)? ...

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Emile Durkheim was a member of the functionalist strain of sociology, which provides the present source of stimulation for research into this topic. ... Now the essay will compare each of these perspectives on social inequality. Marx was not a sociologist, yet much of his works had a profound influence on sociology. ...

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